Spring Steelhead

 

Days are getting longer, the winter snow & ice are melting away and the official start of spring is just days away.  Trout fishing is a month or so till it’s spring peak.  How do you shake off cabin fever and use some of the flies you spent all winter creating?  It’s the beginning of the short, but sweet, spring steelhead season.  Many of the tactics you know and use throughout the fall work great.  However there’s plenty of dropbacks returning to the lake looking for an easy meal and will aggressively strike flies passing by.  Spring is a great time of year to sight cast, swing flies and even take an aggressive fish on a skated or waking fly.  What an exciting way to bring in the new season.  I look forward to seeing you on the stream.

Steelhead Pictures

Lake Erie Steelhead

This week proved to be a nice one to be on the water.  Low clear conditions prevailed on the Erie Tributaries.  To the patient fly angler, carefully working through the riffle, runs and pools with precision and stealth a reward in bright chrome leaping from the depths at the end of the line was the pay off.  With rain in the forecast for the rest of the weekend, some of the creeks will fish better than others.  Early next week water conditions should be prime!  Good Luck this steelhead season and I'll see you on the tribs!